This is BULLSH*T
I was primed for my attempt to set the Guiness World Record for the fastest marathon by a person wearing a red sock, a blue sock, Hoka Clifton 6s, North Face shorts, carrying at least 3 gels on me for the entire race, while wearing a green wristband on my left wrist with my Garmin 245 GPS watch overtop of the wristband, all while wearing a red Nike had with a gel pinned to it for the entire race.
Any chance that someone gets lapped and then comes back to win the race?
Lapped Runners wrote:
Any chance that someone gets lapped and then comes back to win the race?
No, just ask Lelisa from Monza. With Kipchoge, once you’re lapped in a marathon, you’re not coming back. Bekele in the other hand, maybe.
Does anyone know if the field is set (or at least has the max number of invited runners) and just not being announced yet, or whether they're still considering entries for fast but not world-class runners? What about international athletes who might be Olympic caliber for their nation but not sub-2:10 guys or sub-2:25 women?
runderun wrote:
I expect they've chosen St James Park so that they can keep the "iconic" finish on The Mall (you'll hear that a lot on the commentary). The best place to hold a looped course in London is Battersea Park. You can run a perfectly flat 5-6km loop inside the park. That's where Ineos considered holding the sub-2 attempt.
Nope - Battersea is a 2.8k loop with a very tight corner at its NW point. Whilst it’s wide and mainly flat (slopes slightly north to south) the path is on a pretty significant camber at points, peaking in the centre and sloping towards either gutter.
I’ve run more than 160 loops of it according to Strava. How many have you done?
Bozo brigade wrote:
Does anyone know if the field is set (or at least has the max number of invited runners) and just not being announced yet, or whether they're still considering entries for fast but not world-class runners? What about international athletes who might be Olympic caliber for their nation but not sub-2:10 guys or sub-2:25 women?
I am guessing they will want some competition for the British athletes going for a time to qualify for later big meets. Those athletes were considering Valencia in December before some change in qualification dates occurred?
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